CULTURAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                              October 23rd, 2017   Chair: St. Amand   Committee Members Present: Creese, Kohl, McWeeney Committee Members Absent: Vu, Ndayishmiye Non-Committee Members: George Gallien, director of MSSC   Meeting Start Time: 5:06PM   -Nicolette presented on what cultural committee historically does àpeople tend to think “arts and crafts-y” but trying to get […]

CULTURAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                              October 2nd, 2017   Chair: St. Amand   Committee Members Present: Creese, McWeeney, Vu Committee Members Absent: N/A Non-Committee Members: N/A   Meeting Start Time: 5:00PM     -looked through homecoming purchase rec àcontacted URI slow foods to see if we wanted to do homecoming programming like last year àlooking to […]

Date: 9.25.17 Chair: St. Amand Committee Members Present: Creese, McWeeney, Vu, Howard, Alquirtas Committee Members Absent: N/A Non-Committee Members: Cordova Meeting Start Time: 5:00PM – URI no longer holding Diversity Week àpicking a month (probably October) and doing a project à*committee picked Oct 16th (during cultural meeting time) 5-6pm àNicolette spoke to diversity coordinator for […]

Date: 9.18.17   Chair: St. Amand   Committee Members Present: Creese, McWeeney, My Vu, Howard, Alquirtas Committee Members Absent: N/A Non-Committee Members: N/A   Meeting Start Time: 5:00PM   *discussing Columbus Day bill -last general meeting it was discussed that the bill may be too emotionally charged -looking to reword 6th and 7th “whereas” and […]

Date: 9.11.17   Chair: St. Amand   Committee Members Present: Creese, McWeeney, Committee Members Absent: N/A Non-Committee Members: Howard, Morabito, Alquirtas   Meeting Start Time: 5:00PM   *Ted talk X – mental health awareness week *Exclusively URI students or open to public? (100 max in attendance) – in Edwards -Possibly give priority to URI students […]

MEETING START TIME: 5:30pm ATTENDANCE: Committee: Chairwoman: St. Amand Vice-Chair: Cummiskey Senators: McWeeney, Watka, Creese Absent: Non-Committee: COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: Choosing Ted Talks Finished interviews for Indigenous Peoples’ Day Cultural working on bill Rhody Paws = Success Woo-Hoo!! J Raised $30 more than last year for Guiding Eyes for the Blind Thank You all for showing […]

MEETING START TIME: 5:30pm ATTENDANCE: Committee: Chairwoman: St. Amand Vice-Chair: Cummiskey Senators: McWeeney, Watka, Absent: Creese Non-Committee:   COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: CIO (Taylor) talked to Cultural Committee: All members of Student Senate can go to CIO for research questions/institutional memory questions/etc. EX: What did we do for Stress Relief Day five years ago? Curious about Senate […]

MEETING START TIME: 5:30pm ATTENDANCE: Committee: Chairwoman: St. Amand Vice-Chair: Cummiskey Senators: McWeeney, Watka, Creese Absent: Non-Committee:   COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:   Amand Cultural Presentation – Began with Barack Obama quote (for Lovely Lady Kraft J) Improve participation in events (ex: Ace of Cakes) Diversity Week = Ice Breaker Idea Diversity Week @ Fall 2017 – […]

MEETING START TIME: 5:33pm ATTENDANCE: Committee: Chairwoman: Kraft, Vice-Chair: N/A Senators: McWeeney, Strassfield, Cummiskey,  St. Amand, Watka, Creese Absent: N/A Non-Committee: COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:  (Meeting ran by Senator St. Amand) Rhody Paws – April 26th 2017 Puppy chow idea not feasible. Decorate Frisbees – make a dog chewer/find them for cheap on Amazon – Craft area […]